GIESBRECHT The pretendians
over 4 years in winnipegsun
“Pretendians” are what Indigenous people call non-Indigenous people who claim that they are Indigenous. Government financial incentives reserved exclusively for Indigenous people — supposedly, to achieve “equity” — have created “Pretendians” who are increasingly being called out by other Indigenous people for not being Indigenous enough. Well known author, Joseph Boyden, and filmmaker, Michelle Latimer […]